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The Bachelor Father
“Her daddy was a bachelor-and she won her way right into his heart.”
6.5 / 10• 1931• 1h 30m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.
Cast & Crew
Marion Davies
Antoinette "Tony" Flagg
Lead
Ralph Forbes
John Ashley
C. Aubrey Smith
Basil "Chief" Winterton
Ray Milland
Geoffrey Trent
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Dick Berney
David Torrence
Frank "Mac" MacDonald
Doris Lloyd
Julia Webb
Edgar Norton
Bolton
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Z. Leonard's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bachelor Father is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
